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| ULS6660 | Religion and Politics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Murat ÜLGÜL | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Bülent Şener | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of the course is to develop the students' analyzing skills about the effects of religion, an independent variable which is largely ignored by rational choices theories, on states' decision-making processes. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | analyze the effects of religion on politics and internatiınal relations | 2 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | explain the relations between religion and conflict as well as conflict-solution | 2 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | gain information about religious groups and organizations | 2 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | learn about religion's relation with political processes such as development, democratization and security. | 2 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| In this course the effects of religious ideologies and religious organizations on domestic and foreign policies will be analyzed. In addition, the students will be informed about religion's effects on conflicts and conflict-solution processes while positive and negative effects of religion on interstate relations will be described through historical and contemporary examples. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction: Religion and Politics | | | Week 2 | Religion and International Relations | | | Week 3 | Religion and Conflict | | | Week 4 | Religion and Cooperation | | | Week 5 | Religion and Democratization | | | Week 6 | Religion and Development | | | Week 7 | Religion and Security | | | Week 8 | Religion and Human Rights | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Religion-State Relations in the US | | | Week 11 | Religion-State Relations in Russia | | | Week 12 | Religion-State Relations in Europe | | | Week 13 | Religion-State Relations in the Middle East | | | Week 14 | Religion-State Relations in Asia | | | Week 15 | The Role of Religion in Politics in the Future | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Petito Fabio and Pavlos Hatzopaulos. 2003; Religion in International Relations, New York. | | | 2 | Say Seyfi. 2011; Ibn Haldun'un Düşünce Sistemi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Kuramı, İstanbul. | | | 3 | Khan, Muqtedar. 2019; Islam and Good Governance, New York. | | | 4 | Esposito, John. 2016; Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring, New York. | | | 5 | Koçer Gökhan. 2003; Türk Dış Politikasında İslam, 2003. | | | 6 | Margolis, Michele. 2018; From Politics to the Pews, Chicago. | | | 7 | Fitzgerald, Frances. 2017; The Evangelicals, New York. | | | 8 | Spellberg, Denise. 2018; Thomas Jefferson'ın Kur'an'ı, İstanbul. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 25/11/2021 | 1 | 20 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 13 | 22/12/2021 | 1 | 30 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 15/01/2022 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 7 | 42 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 7 | 49 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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